Academic Papers

Academic Papers

1. Silova I., Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2025) What if more education is not the answer? Beyond the business-as-usual approach to SDGs. Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, in press. https://doi.org/10.1177/09734082251355100 

2. Komatsu H, Rappleye J, Silova I. (2025) The OECD’s shift toward environmental sustainability: Assessing The Agency in the Anthropocene report. SocArXiv (preprint). https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/cfe54_v1 

3. Rappleye J, Komatsu H, Nishiyama S. (2025) School food, sustainability, and interdependence:  Learning from Japan’s shokuiku? Oxford Review of Education 51(1), 129-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2023.2296097 

4. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2025) Linking lifelong learning, climate, and interdependence: New directions in food education in Japan. SocArXiv (preprint). https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/kzxfh 

5. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2024) Cultural approaches to environmental challenges: From science to animism in Japan’s language curriculum. SocArXiv (preprint). https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/8rxst 

6. Fu S, Komatsu H. (2024) Evaluating the impact of place-based education: Insights from a river environmental program in Taiwan. Journal of International Cooperation in Education 26 (2), 153-170.  https://doi.org/10.1108/JICE-01-2024-0001 

7. Komatsu H, Hsieh Y. (2024) Climate protest scarcity in East Asia: Cross-country analysis using Resource Mobilization Theory. Journal of Sustainable Social Change 16 (1), 13-26. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/jsc/vol15/iss1/6/  (a preprint available at https://doi.org/10.32388/70CCIN).

8. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2024) Exploring inconsistencies in environmental impact assessments of organic farming. Academia Environmental Sciences and Sustainability 1(1). https://doi.org/10.20935/AcadEnvSci6192 (a preprint available at https://doi.org/10.31220/agriRxiv.2023.00216).

9. Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2024) From student-centered learning (SCL) to school as learning community (SLC)? Democracy, (neo)liberalism, and ‘listening’ to others. Globalisation, Societies and Education, in press.  https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2023.2295489  

10. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2024) Wellbeing in times of decline: the feasibility and effectiveness of degrowth for sustainability. Journal of Futures Studies 29(1), 59-72. https://jfsdigital.org/well-being-in-times-of-decline-the-feasibility-and-effectiveness-of-degrowth-for-sustainability/   (a preprint available at https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/pqy5e/.)

11. Rappleye J, Silova I, Komatsu H, Takayama K. (2024) A radical proposal: Evidence-based SDG 4 discussions. International Journal of Educational Development 104, 102930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2023.102930  

12. Rappleye J, Komatsu H, Uchida Y, Tsai J, Markus H. (2024) The OECD’s Well-being 2030 Agenda:  How PISA 2018’s affective turn gets lost in translation. Comparative Education 60 (2), 239-258. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2023.2273640 

13. Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2023) Japanese Higher Education as Myth Revisited:  Can we learn nothing from Japanese universities? Nagoya Higher Education Research 23, 279-315. https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2005346 

14. Komatsu H, Silova I, Rappleye J. (2023) Education and environmental sustainability: Culture matters. Journal of International Cooperation in Education 25 (1),  108-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICE-04-2022-0006. Outstanding Paper in the 2024 Emerald Literati Awards.

15. Etienne, N.C.,  Komatsu H, Lai J-S. (2022) Are mental health dimensions included in disaster and climate change interventions in St. Lucia? Qeios (open peer-review). https://www.qeios.com/read/ZSMTM8

16. Komatsu H, Rappleye J, Uchida Y. (2022) Is happiness possible in a degrowth society? Futures 144, 103056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2022.103056 (a preprint available at https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/bm45z)

17. Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2022) Learning to be, differently? UNESCO, the Faure Report, and mutual appreciation in retrospect and prospect. Knowledge Cultures 10(2), 7–23. https://doi.org/10.22381/kc10220221 

18. Komatsu H, Fu S, Lin M, Hsieh Y, Rappleye J, Silova I. (2022) Measuring the transformation of university students' self-construal for greater environmental sustainability. Sage Open 12(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221079836 

19. Komatsu H, Rappleye J, Silova I. (2022) Social mindfulness for global environmental sustainability? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119(4), e2118710118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2118710118 [PDF]

20. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2021) Rearticulating PISA. Globalisation, Societies and Education 19(2), 245-258. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2021.1878014 [PDF]

21. Komatsu H, Rappleye J, Silova I. (2021) Student-centered learning and sustainability: solution or problem? Comparative Education Review 65 (1), 6-33. https://doi.org/10.1086/711829  [PDF]

22. Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2021) Is Knowledge Capital theory degenerate? PIAAC, PISA, and economic growth. Compare 51(2), 240-258. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2019.1612233

23. Komatsu H. (2020) Modeling evapotranspiration changes with managing Japanese cedar and cypress plantations. Forest Ecology and Management, 475, 118395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118395

24. Komatsu H, Kume T. (2020) Modeling of evapotranspiration changes with forest management practices: a genealogical review. Journal of Hydrology 585, 124835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124835

25. Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2020)  Towards (comparative) educational research for a finite future. Comparative Education 56 (2), 190-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2020.1741197

26. Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2020) Is bullying and suicide a problem for East Asia’s schools? Evidence from TIMSS and PISA. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education 41 (2), 310-331. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2020.1711515

27. Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2020) Is shadow education the driver of East Asia's high performance on comparative learning assessments? Education Policy Analysis Archives 28 (67), 1-25.https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.28.4990

28. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2020) Reimagining modern education:  Contributions from modern Japanese philosophy and practice? ECNU Review of Education 3, 20-45. https://doi.org/10.1177/2096531120905197

29. Rappleye J, Komatsu H, Uchida Y, Krys K, Markus H. (2020) ‘Better policies for better lives’?: Constructive critique of the OECD’s (mis)measure of student well-being. Journal of Education Policy 35 (2), 258-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2019.1576923

30. Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2019) The end of copying the West in education Policy? Overcoming the "deficit" model. Background Paper for the Forum "Establishing New Cultural Construction" (NOT PEER-REVIEWED). (in Japanese, ラプリー・ジェルミ―，小松光 (2019) 教育政策における西洋模倣時代の終焉？「欠如」モデルを越えて. 公開フォーラム「新しい文化制作の構築をめざして」，バックグラウンドペーパー). [LINK]

31. Silova I, Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2019) Measuring what really matters: education and large-scale assessments in the time of climate crisis. ECNU Review of Education 2(3), 342-346. https://doi.org/10.1177/2096531119878897

32. Ichihashi R, Komatsu H, Kume T, Shinohara Y, Tsuruta K, Otsuki K. (2019) Effects of thinning on canopy transpiration of a dense Moso bamboo stand in western Japan. Journal of Forest Research  24, 285-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/13416979.2019.1647592

33. Tsuruta K, Komatsu H, Kume T, Otsuki K, Kosugi Y, Kosugi K. (2019) Relationship between stem diameter and transpiration for Japanese cypress trees: implications for estimating canopy transpiration. Ecohydrology 12, e2097. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2097

34. Komatsu H, Rappleye J, Silova I. (2019) Culture and the independent self: obstacles to environmental sustainability? Anthropocene 26, 100198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2019.100198

35. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2019) Refuting the OECD-World Bank Development Narrative: Was East Asia’s ‘Economic Miracle’ primarily driven by high educational achievement and cognitive skills? Globalisation, Societies and Education 17, 101-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2019.1577718

36. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2018) Is Exam Hell the cause of high academic achievement in East Asia? The Case of Japan and the case for transcending stereotypes. British Education Research Journal 44 (5), 802-826. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3468

37. Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2018) Stereotypes as Anglo-American Exam Ritual?  Comparisons of students’ exam anxiety in East Asia, America, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Oxford Review of Education 44 (6), 730-754. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2018.1444598

38. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2018) Will SDG4 achieve environmental sustainability? Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education (CASGE) Working Paper #4 (NOT PEER-REVIEWED). http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/casge4.2018 [LINK]

39. Tsuruta K, Kume T, Komatsu H, Otsuki K. (2018) Effects of soil water decline on diurnal and seasonal variations in sap flux density for differently aged Japanese cypress trees. Annals of Forest Research 61, 5-18.

40. Laplace S, Komatsu H, Tseng H, Kume T. (2017) Difference between the transpiration rates of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) and Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forests in a subtropical climate in Taiwan. Ecological Research 32, 835-843.

41. Komatsu H, Kume T, Shinohara Y. (2017) Optimal sap-flux sensor allocation for stand transpiration estimates: A non-dimensional analysis. Annals of Forest Science 74, 38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-017-0638-x 

42. Ichihashi R, Chiu C, Komatsu H, Kume T, Shinohara Y, Tateishi M, Tsuruta K, Otsuki K. (2017) Contribution of lianas to community-level canopy transpiration in a warm-temperate forest. Functional Ecology 31, 1690-1699. 

43. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2017) Did the shift to computer-based testing in PISA 2015 affect reading scores?  A view from East Asia. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education 47 (4), 616-623. 

44. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2017) A new global policy regime founded on invalid statistics? Hanushek, Woessmann, PISA, and economic growth. Comparative Education 53, 166-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2017.1300008 

45. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2017) Incongruity between scientific knowledge and ordinary perceptions of nature: An ontological perspective for forest hydrology in Japan. Journal of Forest Research 22, 75-82. 

46. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2017) Forest sciences in the coming era of oil scarcity: Towards a new paradigm. Working Paper for the 128th Japanese Forest Society Meeting. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.22896.40960. (NOT PEER-REVIEWED). [LINK]

47. Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2017) How to make Lesson Study work in America and worldwide: a Japanese perspective on the onto-cultural basis of (teacher) education. Research in Comparative and International Education 12 (4), 398-430. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745499917740656  

48. Komatsu H, Rappleye J. (2017) A PISA paradox?  An alternative theory of learning as a possible solution for variations in PISA scores. Comparative Education Review 61(2), 269-297. https://doi.org/10.1086/690809 

49. Chiu CW, Komatsu H, Katayama A, Otsuki K. (2016) Scaling-up from tree to stand transpiration for a multi-specific broadleaved forest with a wide variation in stem diameter. Journal of Forest Research 21, 161-169.Japanese Forest Society Young Investigator Award 2018 (日本森林学会奨励賞)

50. Chiu CW, Kume T, Komatsu H, Tseng H, Wey TH, Otsuki K. (2016) Seasonal changes of azimuthal, radial, and tree-to-tree variations in sap flux affect stand transpiration estimates in a Cryptomeria japonica forest, central Taiwan. Journal of Forest Research 21, 151-160.

51. Komatsu H, Shinohara Y, Kume T, Tsuruta K, Otsuki K. (2016) Does measuring azimuthal variations in sap flux lead to more reliable stand transpiration estimates? Hydrological Processes 30,2129-2137.

52. Kume T, Tsuruta K, Komatsu H, Shinohara Y, Katayama A, Ide J, Otsuki K. (2016) Differences in sap flux based stand transpiration between upper and lower slope positions in a Japanese cypress plantation watershed. Ecohydrology 9, 1105-1116.

53. Rappleye J, Komatsu H. (2016) Living on borrowed time: rethinking temporality, self, nihilism, and schooling. Comparative Education 52,177-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2016.1142736 

54. Shinohara Y, Komatsu H. (2016) The recent trend in annual death toll by landslide disasters in Japan. Journal of the Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering 68(5), 3-9 (in Japanese, 篠原慶規，小松光 (2016) 近年の土砂災害による死者・行方不明者数の経年変動. 砂防学会誌 68(5), 3-9).

55. Shinohara Y, Levia DF, Komatsu H, Nogata M, Otsuki K. (2015) Comparative modeling of the effects of intensive thinning on canopy interception loss in a Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) forest of western Japan. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 214-215, 148-156.

56. Tsuruta K, Komatsu H, Kume T, Shinohara Y, Otsuki K. (2015) Canopy transpiration in two Japanese cypress forests with contrasting structures. Journal of Forest Research 20, 464-474. 

57. Shinohara Y, Komatsu H, Otsuki K. (2015) Variations in sapwood and intermediate wood thicknesses for Japanese cedar: their impacts on sapwood area estimates. Hydrological Research Letters 9, 35-40.

58. Sun X, Onda Y, Kato H, Gomi T, Komatsu H. (2015) Effect of strip thinning on rainfall interception in a Japanese cypress plantation. Journal of Hydrology 525, 607-618.

59. Komatsu H, Shinohara Y, Otsuki K. (2015) Models to predict changes in annual runoff with thinning and clearcutting of Japanese cedar and cypress plantations in Japan. Hydrological Processes 29, 5120-5134.

60. Saito T, Yamamoto K, Komatsu M, Matsuda H, Yunohara S, Komatsu H, Tateishi M, Xiang Y, Otsuki K, Kumagai T. (2015) Using airborne LiDAR to determine total sapwood area for estimating stand transpiration in a catchment of Japanese cypress (Hinoki) and Japanese cedar (Sugi) plantations. Hydrological Processes 29, 5071-5087.

61. Kume T, Laplace S, Komatsu H, Chu C-R. (2015) Transpiration in response to wind speed: can apparent leaf-type differences between conifer and broadleaf trees be a practical indicator? Trees  29, 605-612.

62. Ichihashi R, Komatsu H, Kume T, Onozawa Y, Shinohara Y, Tsuruta K, Otsuki K. (2015) Stand-scale transpiration of two Moso bamboo stands with different culm densities. Ecohydrology 8, 450-459.

63. Komatsu H, Kume T. (2015) Changes in the sapwood area of Japanese cedar and cypress plantations after thinning. Journal of Forest Research 20, 43-51.

64. Shinohara Y, Kume T, Ichihashi R, Komatsu H, Otsuki K. (2014) Moso-bamboo forests in Japan: what are the effects of their area expansion on ecosystem services. Japanese Journal of Forest 96, 351-361 (in Japanese, 篠原慶規，久米朋宣，市橋隆自，小松光，大槻恭一 (2014) モウソウチク林の拡大が林地の公益的機能に与える影響：総合的理解に向けて. 日本森林学会誌 96, 351-361). Japanese Forest Society Young Investigator Award 2017 (日本森林学会奨励賞).

65. Komatsu H, Shinohara Y, Kumagai T, Kume T, Tsuruta K, Xiang Y, Ichihashi R, Tateishi M, Shimizu T, Miyazawa Y, Nogata M, Laplace S, Han T, Chiu CW, Ogura A, Saito T, Otsuki K. (2014) A model relating transpiration for Japanese cedar and cypress plantations with stand structure. Forest Ecology and Management 334, 301-312.

66. Miyazawa Y, Tateishi M, Komatsu H, Iwanaga F, Mizoue N, Ma V, Heng S, Kumagai T. (2014) Implications of leaf-scale physiology for whole tree transpiration under seasonal flooding and drought in central Cambodia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 198-199, 221-231.

67. Miyazawa Y, Tateishi M, Komatsu H, Ma V, Kajisa T, Sokh H, Mizoue N, Kumagai T. (2014) Tropical tree water use under seasonal waterlogging and drought in central Cambodia. Journal of Hydrology 515, 81-89.

68. Katayama A, Kume T, Komatsu H, Ohashi M, Matsumoto K, Ichihashi R, Kumagai T, Otsuki K. (2014) Vertical variations in wood CO2 efflux for live emergent trees in a Bornean tropical rainforest. Tree Physiology 34, 503-512.

69. Komatsu H. (2014) Evaluation of recent hot summer in Kansai: basic information for supply and demand of electricity. Japanese Journal of Biometeorology 51, 37-47 (in Japanese, 小松光 (2014) 関西地域における近年の「猛暑」の評価―電力需給の議論の基礎として―. 日本生気象学会雑誌 51, 37-47).

70. Chiu CW, Tateishi M, Komatsu H, Otsuki K (2014) Comparison of transpiration for Quercus serrata estimated based on the sap-flux method and measured based on the cutting-tree experiment. Bulletin of Kyushu University Forest 95, 1-4.

71. Tsuruta K, Nogata M, Shinohara Y, Komatsu H, Otsuki K (2014) The correction coefficient for leaf area index measurement based on the optical method in a Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Bulletin of Kyushu University Forest 95, 88-92 (in Japanese, 鶴田健二，野方麻里，篠原慶規，小松光，大槻恭一 (2014) 光学的手法を用いた葉面積指数の計測－スギ人工林における補正係数の算出－. 九州大学農学部演習林報告 95, 88-92).

72. Kumagai T, Tateishi M, Miyazawa Y, Kobayashi M, Yoshifuji N, Komatsu H, Shimizu T. (2014) Estimation of annual forest evapotranspiration from a coniferous plantation watershed in Japan (1): Water use components in Japanese cedar stands. Journal of Hydrology 508, 66-76.

73. Komatsu H, Shinohara Y, Nogata M, Tsuruta K, Otsuki K. (2013) Changes in canopy transpiration due to thinning of a Cryptomeria japonica plantation. Hydrological Research Letters 7, 60-65. doi: 10.3178/hrl.7.60.

74. Komatsu H. (2013) Increase in annual runoff with broadleaf deforestation. Suiri Kagaku 333, 114-127 (in Japanese, 小松光 (2013) 落葉広葉樹林皆伐に伴う年間流出量の増加. 水利科学 333, 114-127).

75. Komatsu H, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2013) Sensitivity of annual runoff to interannual precipitation variations for forested catchments in Japan. Hydrological Research Letters 7, 42-47. doi: 10.3178/hrl.7.42.

76. Laplace S, Kume T, Chu C-R, Komatsu H. (2013) Wind speed response of sap flux in five subtropical trees based on wind tunnel experiment. British Journal of Environment and Climate Change 3, 160-171.

77. Kao SC, Kume T, Komatsu H, Liang WL. (2013) Spatial and temporal variations in rainfall characteristics in mountainous and lowland areas in Taiwan. Hydrological Processes 27, 2651-2658. doi:10.1002/hyp.9416.

78. Shinohara Y, Komatsu H, Kuramoto K, Otsuki K. (2013) Characteristics of canopy interception loss in Moso bamboo forests of Japan. Hydrological Processes 27, 2041-2047.

79. Shinohara Y, Tsuruta K, Ogura A, Noto F, Komatsu H, Otsuki K, Maruyama T. (2013) Azimuthal and radial variations in sap flux density and effects on stand-scale transpiration estimates in a Japanese cedar forest. Tree Physiology 33, 550-558.

80. Katayama A, Kume T, Komatsu H, Saito TM, Ohashi M, Nakagawa M, Suzuki M, Kumagai T. (2013) Carbon allocation in a Bornean tropical rainforest without dry seasons. Journal of Plant Research 126, 505-515.

81. Komatsu H, Shinohara Y, Otsuki K. (2013) Do unmanaged plantations intensify floods? Suiri Kagaku 329, 68-90 (in Japanese, 小松光，篠原慶規，大槻恭一 (2013) 管理放棄人工林は洪水を助長するか. 水利科学 329, 68-90).

82. Tsuruta K, Kume T, Komatsu H, Otsuki K (2012) Relationship between sapwood and leaf area for Japanese cypress forests in Kasuya Research Forest. Bulletin of Kyushu University Forest 93, 12-16 (in Japanese, 鶴田健二，久米朋宣，小松光，大槻恭一 (2012) 福岡演習林におけるヒノキの辺材面積と葉面積. 九州大学農学部演習林報告 93, 12-16).

83. Komatsu H, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2012) How to make forest hydrology work for practical purposes? Water Science 324, 62-76 (in Japanese, 小松光・久米朋宣・大槻恭一 (2012) 森林水文学を実学として機能させるために. 水利科学 324, 62-76).

84. Komatsu H, Onozawa Y, Kume T, Tsuruta K, Shinohara Y, Otsuki K. (2012) Canopy conductance for a Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) forest in western Japan. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 156, 111-120.

85. Komatsu H, Cho J, Matsumoto K, Otsuki K. (2012) Simple modeling of the global variation in annual forest evapotranspiration. Journal of Hydrology 420-421, 380-390.

86. Xue B, Komatsu H, Kumagai T, Kotani A, Otsuki K, Ohta T. (2012) Interannual variation of evapotranspiration in an eastern Siberian larch forest. Hydrological Processes 26, 2360-2368.

87. Cho J, Komatsu H, Pokhrel Y, Yeh PJF, Oki T, Kanae S. (2011) The effects of annual precipitation and mean air temperature on annual runoff in global forest regions. Climatic Change 108, 401-410.

88. Kuramoto K, Shinohara Y, Komatsu H, Ide J, Otsuki K (2011) Rainfall-runoff processes in Moso-bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) forests: an observation result of overland-flow and biomat-flow. Journal of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 24, 360-368 (in Japanese, 藏本康平・篠原慶規・小松光・井手淳一郎・大槻恭一 (2011) モウソウチク（Phyllostachys pubescens）林における降雨流出過程の解明に向けて－地表流とバイオマットフローの観測－. 水文・水資源学会誌 24, 360-368).

89. Tsuruta K, Komatsu H, Shinohara Y, Kume T, Ichihashi R, Otsuki K. (2011) Allometric equations between stem diameter and sapwood area of Japanese cedar and Japanese cypress for stand transpiration estimates using sap flow measurement. Journal of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 24, 261-270 (in Japanese, 鶴田健二・小松光・篠原慶規・久米朋宣・市橋隆自・大槻恭一 (2011) 樹液流計測に基づいたスギとヒノキの林分蒸散量算定のための辺材面積推定式. 水文・水資源学会誌 24, 261-270).

90. Kume T, Tanaka N, Kuraji K, Komatsu H, Yoshifuji N, Saitoh TM, Suzuki M, Kumagai T. (2011) Ten-year evapotranspiration estimates in a Bornean tropical rainforest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 151, 1183-1192.

91. Miyazawa Y, Tateishi M, Komatsu H, Kumagai T, Otsuki K. (2011) Are measurements from excised leaves suitable for modeling diurnal patterns of gas exchange of intact leaves? Hydrological Processes 25, 2924-2930.

92. Yoshifuji N, Komatsu H, Kumagai T, Tanaka N, Tantasirin C, Suzuki M. (2011) Interannual variation in transpiration onset and its predictive indicator for a tropical deciduous forest in northern Thailand based on 8-year sap flow records. Ecohydrology 4, 225-235. Japanese Forest Society Young Investigator Award 2013 (日本森林学会奨励賞)

93. Xue B, Kumagai T, Iida S, Nakai T, Matsumoto K, Komatsu H, Otsuki K. Ohta T. (2011) Influences of canopy structure and physiological traits on flux partitioning between understory and overstory in an eastern Siberian boreal larch forest. Ecological Modelling 222, 1479-1490.

94. Komatsu H, Shinohara Y, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2011) Changes in peak flow with decreased forestry practices: analysis using watershed runoff data. Journal of Environmental Management 92, 1528-1536.

95. Noutomi D, Komatsu H, Ide J, Otsuki K. (2011) Long-term trend of Total Nitrogen concentration in runoff from forested watersheds: an analysis for 48 watersheds in Japan. Suiri Kagaku 317, 116-131 (in Japanese, 納富大介，小松光，井手淳一郎，大槻恭一 (2011) 森林流域からの流出水における全窒素濃度の長期変動―日本全国の48流域を対象として―. 水利科学 317, 116-131).

96. Komatsu H, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2011) Increasing annual runoff-broadleaf or coniferous forests? Hydrological Processes 25, 302-318.

97. Ide J, Shinohara Y, Higashi N, Komatsu H, Kuramoto K, Otsuki K. (2010) A preliminary investigation of surface runoff and soil properties in a moso-bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) forest in western Japan. Hydrological Research Letters 4, 80-84.

98. Komatsu H, Onozawa Y, Kume T, Tsuruta K, Kumagai T, Shinohara Y, Otsuki K. (2010) Stand-scale transpiration estimates in a Moso bamboo forest: (II) Comparison with coniferous forests. Forest Ecology and Management 260, 1295-1302. 

99. Kume T, Onozawa Y, Komatsu H, Tsuruta K, Shinohara Y, Umebayashi T, Otsuki K. (2010) Stand-scale transpiration estimates in a Moso bamboo forest: (I) Applicability of sap flux measurements. Forest Ecology and Management 260, 1287-1294.

100. Komatsu H. (2010) Forests and water resources. Suiri Kagaku 314, 1-29 (in Japanese, 小松光 (2010) 森林と水資源. 水利科学 314, 1-29).

101. Tsuruta K, Kume T, Komatsu H, Higashi N, Umebayashi T, Kumagai T, Otsuki K. (2010) Azimuthal variations of sap flux density within Japanese cypress xylem trunks and their effects on tree transpiration estimates. Journal of Forest Research 15, 398-403.

102. Komatsu H, Kume T, Shinohara Y, Miyazawa Y, Otsuki K. (2010) Did annual runoff and low flow decrease with reduced forestry practices in Japan? Hydrological Processes 24, 2440-2451.

103. Komatsu H, Hashimoto H, Kume T, Tanaka N, Yoshifuji N, Otsuki K, Suzuki M, Kumagai T. (2010) Modeling seasonal changes in the temperature lapse rate in a northern Thailand mountainous area. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 49, 1233-1246.

104. Shinohara Y, Kume T, Komatsu H, Otsuki K. (2010) Spatial and temporal variations in summer precipitation in Japanese mountain areas. Hydrological Processes 24, 1844-1855.

105. Komatsu H, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2010) A simple model to estimate monthly forest evapotranspiration in Japan from monthly temperature. Hydrological Processes 24, 1896-1911.

106. Kuramoto K, Shionhara Y, Komatsu H, Otsuki K. (2010) Influences of forest recovery on catchment runoff: examinations on two catchments with different geology. Journal of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 23, 32-42 (in Japanese, 藏本康平，篠原慶規，小松光，大槻恭一 (2010) 森林回復が流出に及ぼす影響―地質の異なる2 流域における検討―. 水文・水資源学会誌 23, 32-42).

107. Komatsu H, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2010) Water resource management in Japan―forest management or dam reservoirs? Journal of Environmental Management 91, 814-823. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.10.011.

108. Shinohara Y, Ide J, Higashi N, Komatsu H, Kume T, Chiwa M, Otsuki K. (2010) Observation of canopy interception loss in an abandoned coniferous plantation. Journal of Japanese Forest Society 92, 54-59 (in Japanese, 篠原慶規，井手淳一郎，東直子，小松光，久米朋宣，智和正明，大槻恭一 (2010) 管理放棄されたヒノキ人工林における樹冠遮断量の計測. 日本森林学会誌 92, 54-59).

109. Kume T, Tsuruta K, Komatsu H, Kumagai T, Higashi N, Shinohara Y, Otsuki K. (2010) Effects of sample size on sap flux-based stand-scale transpiration estimates. Tree Physiology 30, 129-138. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpp074.

110. Shinohara Y, Onozawa Y, Chiwa M, Kume T, Komatsu H, Otsuki K. (2010) Spatial variations in throughfall in a Moso bamboo forest: sampling design for the estimates of stand-scale throughfall. Hydrological Processes 24, 253-259.

111. Onozawa Y, Kume T, Komatsu H, Tsuruta K, Otsuki K (2009) Sap flux measurements on moso bamboo (Phyllostavhys pubescens): Relationship between water absorption and sap flux density in bamboo culm. Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society 91, 366-370 (in Japanese, 小野澤郁佳，久米朋宣，小松光，鶴田健二，大槻恭一 (2009) 樹液流計測のモウソウチクへの適用----切り竹における吸水量と樹液流量の比較----. 日本森林学会誌 91, 366-370). 

112. Katayama A, Kume T, Komatsu H, Ohashi M, Nakagawa M, Yamashita M, Otsuki K, Suzuki M, Kumagai T. (2009) Effect of forest structure on the spatial variation in soil respiration in a Bornean tropical rainforest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149, 1666-1673.

113. Komatsu H, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2009) Changes in low flow with the conversion of a coniferous plantation to a broad-leaved forest in a summer precipitation region, Japan. Ecohydrology 2, 164-172. 

114. Komatsu H, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2009) Evaluating the contribution of dam reservoirs located upstream of the Tokyo metropolitan area during low flow periods. Bulletin of Kyushu University Forest 90, 1-11.

115. Shionohara Y, Ide J, Kuramoto K, Komatsu H, Otsuki K. (2009) A report on the hydrological observations in Ochozu Experimental Watershed.  Bulletin of Kyushu University Forest 90, 51-87 (in Japanese, 篠原慶規・井手淳一郎・藏本康平・小松光・大槻恭一 (2009) 御手洗水試験流域の流量・気象観測報告. 九州大学農学部演習林報告 90, 51-87).

116. Onozawa Y, Chiwa M, Komatsu H, Otsuki K. (2009) Rainfall interception in a moso-bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) forest. Journal of Forest Research 14, 111-116. 

117. Komatsu H, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2009) Effects of coniferous plantation thinning on annual interception evaporation: model verification. Journal of Japanese Forest Society 91, 94-103 (in Japanese, 小松光・久米朋宣・大槻恭一 (2009) 針葉樹人工林の間伐が年遮断蒸発散量に与える影響----予測モデルの検証----. 日本森林学会誌 91, 94-103).

118. Tsuruta K, Kume T, Komatsu H, Higashi N, Kumagai T, Otsuki K. (2008) Relationship between tree height and transpiration for individual Japanese Cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa). Journal of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 21, 414-422 (in Japanese, 鶴田健二・久米朋宣・小松光・東直子・熊谷朝臣・大槻恭一 (2008) ヒノキ単木の樹高と蒸散量の関係. 水文・水資源学会誌 21, 414-422).

119. Komatsu H, Hotta N, Kuraji K, Suzuki M. (2008) Relationship between nighttime wind speeds and thermal conditions above a sloping forest. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan 86, 805-815. 

120. Komatsu H, Shinohara Y, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2008) Relationship between annual rainfall and interception ratio for forests across Japan. Forest Ecology and Management 256, 1189-1197.

121. Shinohara Y, Komatsu H, Otsuki K. (2008) Meteorological characteristics of Ochozu Experimental Watershed, Kyushu University Forest, Fukuoka, Japan. Bulletin of Kyushu University Forest 89, 39-49 (in Japanese, 篠原慶規・小松光・大槻恭一 (2008) 御手洗水試験流域の気象特性について. 九州大学農学部演習林報告 89, 39-49).

122. Kume T, Komatsu H, Kuraji K, Suzuki M. (2008) Less than 20-minute time lags between transpiration and stem sap flow in emergent trees in a Bornean tropical rainforest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148, 1181-1189.

123. Komatsu H. (2008) Comparison of rainfall interception amounts between thinned and unthinned Chamaecyparis obtusa forest stands. Bulletin of Kyushu University Forest 89, 1-11 (in Japanese, 小松光 (2008) ヒノキ林における間伐区・無間伐区の遮断蒸発量の比較. 九州大学農学部演習林報告 89, 1-11). 

124. Kume T, Manfroi OJ, Suzuki M, Tanaka K, Kuraji K, Nakagawa M, Komatsu H, Kumagai T. (2008) Estimation of vertical profiles of leaf drying times after daytime rainfall within a Bornean tropical rainforest. Hydrological Processes 22, 3689-3696. 

125. Komatsu H, Maita E, Otsuki K. (2008) A model to estimate annual forest evapotranspiration in Japan from mean annual temperature. Journal of Hydrology 348, 330-340. 

126. Komatsu H, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2008) The effect of converting a native broad-leaved forest to a coniferous plantation forest on annual water yield: a paired-catchment study in northern Japan. Forest Ecology and Management 255, 880-886. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.010.

127. Komatsu H, Ide J, Shinohara Y, Haga H, Fujiyama Y, Miyano T, Maruno R, Chiwa M, Kume T, Higashi N, Otsuki K. (2007) Evapotranspiration from unmanaged coniferous plantations. Suiri Kagaku 297, 107-127 (in Japanese, 小松光・井手淳一郎・篠原慶規・芳賀弘和・藤山洋介・宮野岳明・丸野亮子・智和正明・久米朋宣・東直子・大槻恭一 (2007) 非管理針葉樹人工林の蒸発散量. 水利科学 297, 107-127). 

128. Komatsu H, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2007) Contemporary role of catchment water balance data for forest evapotranspiration research. Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society 89(5), 346-359 (in Japanese, 小松光・久米朋宣・大槻恭一 (2007) 流域水収支データの現代的意義----森林蒸発散を考えるために----. 日本森林学会誌 89(5), 346-359). 

129. Shinohara Y, Komatsu H, Otsuki K. (2007) A method for estimating global solar radiation from daily maximum and minimum temperatures: its applicability to Japan. Journal of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 20(5), 462-469 (in Japanese, 篠原慶規・小松光・大槻恭一 (2007) 日最高，最低気温から全天日射量を推定する方法----日本への適用可能性----. 水文・水資源学会誌 20(5), 462-469).

130. Komatsu H, Katayama A, Hirose S, Kume A, Higashi N, Ogawa S, Otsuki K. (2007) Reduction in soil water availability and tree transpiration in a forest with pedestrian trampling. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 146, 107-114. 

131. Komatsu H, Katayama A, Kume T, Otsuki K. (2007) Sap-flow velocity reduction by soil water deficit observed in a Lithocarpus edulis forest on Kyushu Island, Japan. Bulletin of Kyushu University Forest 88, 21-31. 

132. Komatsu H, Kumagai T, Hotta N. (2007) Effects of vertical air temperature distribution within forest canopies on photosynthesis and transpiration. Bulletin of Kyushu University Forest 88, 1-19. 

133. Komatsu H. (2007) Relationship between stem density and interception ratio for coniferous plantation forests in Japan. Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society 89(3), 217-220 (in Japanese, 小松光 (2007) 日本の針葉樹人工林における立木密度と遮断率の関係. 日本森林学会誌 89(3), 217-220).

134. Komatsu H, Kume T, Yoshifuji N, Hotta N, Suzuki M. (2007) Transpiration of a Cryptomeria japonica plantation in winter. Bulletin of Tokyo University Forest 117, 1-9. 

135. Komatsu H, Hashimoto S, Kume T, Yoshifuji N, Hotta N, Suzuki M. (2007) Seasonal trends in the solar radiation/net radiation ratio above a Cryptomeria japonica plantation forest. Bulletin of Tokyo University Forest 117, 11-19. 

136. Sawano S, Hotta N, Komatsu H, Suzuki M, Yayama T. (2007) Evaluation of evapotranspiration in forested area in the Mekong Basin using GIS data analysis. (In: Sawada H, Araki M, Chappell NA, Lafrankie JV, Shimizu A. (Eds.), Forest Environments in the Mekong River Basin. Springer, Tokyo, 299 pp), 36-44. 

137. Komatsu H, Hotta N, Kume T. (2007) What is the best way to represent surface conductance for a range of vegetated sites? Hydrological Processes 21, 1142-1147. 

138. Komatsu H, Tanaka N, Kume T. (2007) Do coniferous forests evaporate more water than broad-leaved forest in Japan? Journal of Hydrology 336, 361-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.01.009 Japanese Forest Society Young Investigator Award 2009 (日本森林学会奨励賞).

139. Komatsu H, Hotta N. (2007) Relationship between stem density and dry-canopy evaporation rates in coniferous forests. Journal of Hydrology 332, 271-275. 

140. Yoshifuji N, Kumagai T, Tanaka K, Tanaka N, Komatsu H, Suzuki M, Tantasirin C. (2006) Inter-annual variation in growing season length of a tropical seasonal forest in northern Thailand. Forest Ecology and Management 229, 333-339. 

141. Kumagai T, Ichie T, Yoshimura M, Yamashita M, Kenzo T, Saitoh TM, Ohashi M, Suzuki M, Koike T, Komatsu H. (2006) Modeling CO2 exchange over a Borean tropical rainforest using measured vertical and horizontal variations in leaf-level physiological parameters and leaf area densities. Journal of Geophysical Research 111, D10107. 

142. Komatsu H, Kang Y, Kume T, Yoshifuji N, Hotta N. (2006) Transpiration from a Cryptomeria japonica plantation, part 2: responses of canopy conductance to meteorological factors. Hydrological Processes 20(6), 1321-1334. 

143. Komatsu H, Kang Y, Kume T, Yoshifuji N, Hotta N. (2006) Transpiration from a Cryptomeria japonica plantation, part 1: aerodynamic control of transpiration. Hydrological Processes 20(6), 1309-1320. 

144. Hashimoto S, Komatsu H. (2006) Relationships between soil CO2 concentration and CO2 production, temperature, water content, and gas diffusivity: Implications for field studies through sensitivity analysis. Journal of Forest Research 11(1), 41-50. 

145. Komatsu H. (2005) Forest categorization according to dry-canopy evaporation rates in a growing season: Comparison of the Priestley-Taylor coefficient values from various observation sites. Hydrological Processes 19(19), 3873-3896. 

146. Komatsu H, Hotta N. (2005) What has been clarified by numerous forest evapotranspiration studies based on flux measurements? Journal of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 18(5), 613-626. https://doi.org/10.3178/jjshwr.18.613 (in Japanese, 小松光，堀田紀文 (2005) 森林蒸発散フラックス計測大流行の産物. 水文・水資源学会誌 18(5), 613-626). Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources Young Author Excellent Article Award 2006 (水文水資源学会論文奨励賞).

147. Sawano S, Komatsu H, Suzuki M. (2005) Differences in annual precipitation amounts between forested area, agricultural area, and urban area in Japan. Journal of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 18(4), 435-440 (in Japanese, 澤野真治，小松光，鈴木雅一 (2005) 森林における年降水量の農地・都市域との違い----日本全域を対象として----. 水文・水資源学会誌 18(4), 435-440). 

148. Komatsu H, Sawano S, Kume T, Hashimoto S. (2005) Relationships between forest properties and evapotranspiration rates. Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society 87(2), 170-185 (in Japanese, 小松光，澤野真治，久米朋宣，橋本昌司 (2005) 森林の特性と蒸発散量の関係. 日本森林学会誌 87(2), 170-185). 

149. Kajitani N, Hotta N, Komatsu H, Kume T, Suzuki M. (2005) Differences in diurnal pattern of transpiration between young Sugi trees. Journal of the Japaese Forestry Society 87(1), 63-72 (in Japanese, 梶谷宜弘，堀田紀文，小松光，久米朋宣，鈴木雅一 (2005) 斜面上部・下部に生育するスギ樹木の蒸散日変化パターンの差異. 日本森林学会誌 87(1), 63-72). 

150. Komatsu H, Hotta N, Kuraji K, Suzuki M, Oki T. (2005) Classification of vertical wind speed profiles observed above a sloping forest at nighttime using the bulk Richardson number. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 115(2), 205-221. 

151. Komatsu H, Kumagai T, Hotta N. (2005) Is surface conductance theoretically independent of reference height? Hydrological Processes 19(1), 339-347. 

152. Kumagai T, Saitoh TM, Sato Y, Takahashi H, Manfroi OJ, Morooka T, Kuraji K, Suzuki M, Yasunari T, Komatsu H. (2005) Annual water balance and seasonality of evapotranspiration from a Bornean tropical rainforest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 128(1-2), 81-92. 

153. Komatsu H. (2004) A general method of parameterizing the big-leaf model to predict the dry-canopy evaporation rate of individual coniferous forest stands. Hydrological Processes 18(16), 3019-3036. 

154. Komatsu H. (2004) Non-dimensionalization of numerical models for its easy application and understanding: a concrete explanation using a multilayer canopy model. Journal of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 17(4), 401-413 (in Japanese, 小松光 (2004) 数値モデルの利用・理解を容易にする無次元化----多層植被モデルを題材として----. 水文・水資源学会誌 17(4), 401-413). 

155. Komatsu H. (2003) Relationship between canopy height and the reference value of surface conductance for closed coniferous stands. Hydrological Processes 17(12), 2503-2512. 

156. Komatsu H. (2003) Values of the decoupling factor observed on forest canopies. Journal of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 16(4), 427-442 (in Japanese, 小松光 (2003) 森林群落で計測される乖離率（decoupling factor）の値．水文・水資源学会誌 16(4), 427-442). 

157. Komatsu H, Yoshida N, Takizawa H, Kosaka I, Tantasirin C, Suzuki M. (2003) Seasonal trend in the occurrence of nocturnal drainage flow on a forested slope under a tropical monsoon climate. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 106(3), 573-592. 

158. Komatsu H, Kumagai T. (2002) A method to stabilize calculations of multilayer canopy models based on K-theory. Journal of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 15(3), 302-308 (in Japanese, 小松光，熊谷朝臣 (2002) K理論に基づく多層モデルの安定的計算法. 水文・水資源学会誌 15(3), 302-308). 

159. Komatsu H, Hashimoto S. (2002) Process-based models, useful tools to investigate water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles in forest ecosystems. Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society 84(1), 54-62 (in Japanese, 小松光，橋本昌司 (2002) 森林生態系における水・炭素・窒素循環の研究に役立つProcess-Based Model. 日本林学会誌 84(1), 54-62).

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